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Newport Bermuda Race organising committee chairman John Osmond has thanked all those involved in a medical emergency during this year’s 635-mile race.
Among a trio of boats that responded to a distress call to aid a sick crewman on board the double-h...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The Adult Education School this week celebrated the graduation of 42 students and remembered the tragic loss of one.
Executive director Donna Daniels recalled her time with 18-year-old Malcolm Outerbridge, fatally stabbed on the Railway Trail in Warw...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Britain will pledge not to let the corruption which enveloped Turks and Caicos occur in any of its other Overseas Territories, in a Foreign Office white paper.
A draft version of the document, seen by The Royal Gazette, says the UK is “committed to t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
News that two men with recent convictions for sex crimes are driving taxis on Bermuda’s roads prompted calls for answers last night.
Concerns were raised that the Public Service Vehicles Licensing Board may be “very lax” in procedures when it comes t...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Government is leading Bermuda into a deep financial hole that it will take decades to get out of, said Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards in response to the Island’s credit rating downgrade by Fitch.
At a press conference staged yesterday by the op...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Phillip Lamb, one of four black Bermudians who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, celebrates his 90th birthday today.
According to war historian Andrew Bermingham, Mr Lamb is one of the oldest living war veterans in Bermuda.
M...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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The Senate yesterday unanimously approved legislation aimed at promoting good governance, with both parties calling the bill a step forward.
Attorney General Kim Wilson said the Good Governance Act 2012 would discourage financial abuse by Ministers a...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A YouTube video has been created to help raise money for a local man’s trip overseas to be fitted for a new wheelchair.
Omar Hayward has cerebral palsy, meaning he is unable to get around without a wheelchair. He is currently in Canada with his guard...
DATE: Jun 28, 2012
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Tropical Depression Debby is now regarded as a potential threat to the Island, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
The BWS says that as of noon today Debby's closest point to Bermuda is scheduled to be at 11pm on Friday when she will be 159 nau...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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A man who provides soup for the hungry said he won’t be able to deliver it now he’s lost his licence due to drunk driving.
David O’Brien pleaded with Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner to let him keep a licence for an auxiliary cycle so he can contin...
DATE: Jun 27, 2012
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Court
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